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Destinations lesson

Question: Where in the process are you?

Is the plan still workable or do changes need to be made?

Answer: We have completed the writing process for both singles.

We have got a rough idea with cover art.

After changing from EP to two singles and with the documentary, we are on track to finishing by april.

Need to finalise Cover art.

Need to record both songs.

Need to film the whole recording process for documentary

There will be changes to the second song lyric wise possibly

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Destinations lesson

Question: Potential revenue streams?

Answer: Social media platforms like instagram and TikTok

Music platforms spotify, apple music, bandcamp (Brooks,2024)

Gigs

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we did more rehearsals this week and trying out a different key for the second song.

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I started thinking about what we could possibly sell at gigs for a bit of extra income. some things I found online were T-shirts, lighters, stickers, rizla papers and guitar picks(Ditto,2023). I think the most effective would be the stickers and rizla papers as the stickers are very affordable to buy and rizla papers are normally what a lot of people are looking for at gigs and events and end up asking friends or other people smoking to see if they have some spares.

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This week we performed our first song 'Never Be Enough' in front of our performance class. In the video they talk about how we should explore ranged within my voice and possibly make the key higher. they also advised that I should experiment more with the chorus's as the last chorus is sung a lot higher and with a lot more projection and they think there should be more of that. They also said that we should keep Edens backing vocals and even add more to fill the empty gaps in the song.

https://youtu.be/mbQGGjS1RTM

Destinations lesson

Question: What does protecting your work creatively mean?

Answer: Sharing music

Getting rights to your music

Sharing the proceeds with all collaborators and making sure everyone gets the fair share of what they deserve

What is copyright?

Protects your original work

Question: Can anyone cover your tracks?

Answer: Yes with the proper license

Question: How are you protecting your work?

Answer: Sign up on the PRS for the rights

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This Week we went over both songs and got some advice from Keiron pepper. We also changed to a higher key in the first song which I found sounded so much better and felt a lot more comfortable than when we previously rehearsed. It also sounds a lot more powerful now. I want to continue experimenting with it and trying out some changed with the chorus’s

Destinations lesson

Question: What is an aggregator?

Answer: A distributor

Question: Are music videos still important?

Answer: Yes and no. they are no longer done as much and as well as they used to be done 10-15 years ago when music videos were most popular. when artists released music, most fans would be talking more about the music video that went with the song. In current times the thrill of watching music videos is no longer around.

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We did some more rehearsal on our second song.

we also decided this week that we will no longer be doing the documentary as it was beginning to make us fall behind and we could not find the time to dive into it. I may possibly create a compilation video of the process instead to post on our social media.

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We also performed our second song this week to the class and got some great feedback from them and the teachers. the main takeaway from this was we definitely need to add backing vocals to the song.

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I started working on some harmonies for the backing vocals in the second song 'Idiots'. we need to start recording our songs over the next couple weeks so I really need to dive into these backing vocals so that on the day of recording I can Get them done quick and easy.

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what will you do on the day of release?

1. post on social media throughout the day to engage and remind people of the release.

2. update my streaming services accounts.

3. keep family and friends up to date and make sure they are aware of the release.

4. don't panic and remember to enjoy this process as you will never release a first song again.

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I made an Instagram page for mine and Edens music. I decided for the first post I would post a couple teaser videos of both songs to engage people. We also shared it on our personal accounts to gain some followers.

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Warm up vocal exercises before covers and recording

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more warm up exercises

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I started to think about my promoting and how I think we should get some professional photos don’t for our social Media page and streaming services. I came across these photos that people had taken and thought they were great ideas of what me and Eden could re create.

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I made a logo for me and Edens collaboration. I used an AI logo generator which worked very well and gave me some great ideas but this is the one I liked the most. I wanted it to be simple yet aesthetic.

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we got our cover art back fully finished. the point of the art work is it is meant to show the two different songs and how they are both very deep and emotional lyrically even though they are very different in colours. two different story's can end in the person being left alone.

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Question- how will I diversify my skill set and capitalise my expertise?

Answer- I will use my

Question- what can I use as music side hustle?

Answer- I really enjoyed putting on a gig in second year and loved watching it come to life so maybe I could put on gigs for bands and solo artists who don't like setting up their own gigs. I could also possibly start writing songs and sell them to other artists.

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I started making a poster/press release to use for when we announce are singles.